Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e205038a955d8b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: beb63cd65c93865150a961e17ebe36a6 SHA-1: 4acf2a27fd12ec7e5b57a1aee525fc7575a07021 SHA-256: 9e205038a955d8b9496b2efa829d5dabce9f99303a20e5cccfcc1f87bcbbf38a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploits vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47161439274.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/budituvibavewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2lffihd2uke7b6gpaomkla3ng4/87097231006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19200338673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/27795145753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/notijuvekepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenworx.eu/images/uploads/files/ruxugagokoruruvuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/darajumanakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/749807628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://td-mg.ru/uploads/files/fadikazimuzosumarirojegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/76971219918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/wizobutuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/62016950818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/25190999777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wodinofoxasedewivajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c266ede2dd0---sigagisogakumowurowuxedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/30572327231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87355321880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/95144262790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stratford1980.com/clients/1/19/19838be1bbe5684469623718d5e25b5d/File/xefufiwazajeweborafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c15e3c1688---74005769066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoparkalbanese.it/file/15202485899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=le+petit+chaperon+rouge+charles+perrault+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010bcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000123e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E3 10956 bytes
SHA-256: df34827387ec6400f6b4baee789116a5d87965019ead69ddc929d2e227770103
font_02_sfnt_off00013d01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D01 23344 bytes
SHA-256: eafbbc81f0fe18a40b5c3f184c1722ae47044caae44d85636a808cf351b78acb